How to Install Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot on Ubuntu 22.04

Cowrie is an open-source SSH/Telnet honeypot that can simulate a vulnerable SSH server, helping you detect and analyze potential threats. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the installation process on Ubuntu 22.04.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt-get install git python3-virtualenv libssl-dev libffi-dev build-essential libpython3-dev python3-minimal authbind virtualenv

python3 -V

sudo apt install python3.10-venv

sudo adduser --disabled-password cowrie

su - cowrie
cd ~

git clone http://github.com/cowrie/cowrie
cd cowrie

python3 -m venv cowrie-env
source cowrie-env/bin/activate

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

bin/cowrie start

bin/cowrie status

netstat -tulpn